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Pickeringite from
Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pickeringite
Formula:MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Metavoltine
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pickeringite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:466763
Long-form Identifier:1:3:466763:6
GUID (UUID V4):63c046c7-ae47-4976-b7b9-dc15b89c6883
Nearest other occurrences of Pickeringite
31.5km (19.5 miles) La Vendida Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
48.1km (29.9 miles) Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
99.51 100.00 (1) La Campania, Chile. (2) Sierra Gorda [district], Chile; corresponds to K1.98 Na6.02 3+...sideronatrite, metasideronatrite, jarosite, alunogen, pickeringite, sulfur, gypsum. Distribution: From near Madeni...Campi Flegrei, near Naples, Campania; in the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena, Tuscany; from the Grotto...Cochise Co., Arizona. In Chile, in Antofagasta, at Quetena, west of Calama; Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos...Bayos, and Sierra Gorda, both southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata. In Argentina, from the Santa Bárbara
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Alcaparrosa mine, Cerro Alcaparrosa, Antofagasta region, Chile. 3.392 (100), 3.532...13.36 50.83 17.6 100.73 (1) Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile; average of 5 electron microprobe...alum-(K), pickeringite, magnesiocopiapite, jarosite or natrojarosite. Distribution: From the Alcaparrosa mine...mine, north side of Cerro Alcaparrosa, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile. Name: As an analog of...H2O, a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile. Eur. J. Mineral., 28, 1005-1017
Report (issue)
95.2(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Cerro Pintados, Chile. 4.223 (100), 4.207 (80), 3.647 (59), 3.964 (32)...30.87 Total [100.33] 100.00 (1) Cerro Pintados, Chile; original total 100.36% (2) NaAl(SO4 )2 • 6H2 O...or fumarolic gas and wall rock. Association: Pickeringite, coquimbite, quenstedtite, sideronatrite, mendozite...Distribution: In Chile, from Cerro Pintados, 80 km southeast of Iquique, Tarapacá; in Antofagasta, at the Compania...Compania mine, eight km south of Sierra Gorda; from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
18H2O, a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile NIKITA V. CHUKANOV1,*, SERGEY...discovered in the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerro Alcaparrosa, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile, in two associations...one is botryogen, opal, tamarugite, alum-(K), pickeringite, magnesiocopiapite, and jarosite. Magnesiovoltaite...structure; oxidation zone; Alcaparrosa mine; Chile. Antofagasta region, Chile. Additional material was...collected at the same locality in January 2016. The Alcaparrosa polymetallic sulfide deposit consists of a series
Report (issue)
c = 7.11–7.14 X-ray Powder Pattern: Quetena, Chile. 8.86 (FFF), 2.998 (F), 6.29 (mF), 5.11 (mF), 5...28 9.64 32.53 Total 99.51 100.00 (1) Redington mine, California, USA. (2) MgFe(SO4 )2 (OH) • 7H2 O....amarantite, hohmannite, coquimbite, voltaite, pickeringite, epsomite, gypsum, chalcanthite. Distribution:...the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In Chile, in Antofagasta, at Chuquicamata...Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...Chuquicamata, euerena, and Alcaparrosa, three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The sulphate and...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...are presented for the minerals szomolnokite, pickeringite, rhomboclase, botryogen, lapparentite and natrojarosite...mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this paper. The writer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S85 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S89 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase...Cerritos Bay, Alcaparrosa, Chile ML-S84 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Cahacoles, Chile R6214 29.4...Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Antofagaste, Chile VZO105/106 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Mina Alcaparrosa, Calama, Atacama...Atacama Desert, Chile G2677 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy VZO1142 29.5.1.1...Italy 123922 29.5.3.2 Amarantite Los Pintados, Chile G37754 29.6.10.1 Melanterite Locality unknown; Mount
Report (issue)
27.254(8) Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Konomai mine, Hokkaido, Japan. 3.54 (10), 3.41 (9), 5.57 (7)...post-mining product. Association: Halotrichite, pickeringite, alunogen, metavoltine, römerite, hexahydrite...Italy. Large crystals in the Rio Tinto mine, Huelva Province, Spain. In Slovakia, at Smolnı́k (Szomolnok)...Kremnica (Kremnitz), Czech Republic. At the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In the Rozdol...district, Iran. In Chile, at Chuquicamata, Quetena, west of Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O)2, a new hydrophobic Ti4+ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile A. R. KAMPF1,*, S. J. MILLS2, R. M. HOUSLEY3... Australia Pasaje San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile [Received 28 September 2011; Accepted 19 December...mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile (IMA2011-024). The...sulfate, crystal structure, hydrophobic, Alcaparrosa mine, Chile. * E-mail: akampf@nhm.org DOI: 10.1180/minmag...herein was first discovered at the Alcaparrosa mine near Cerritos Bayas, Chile (approximately 22º39’S, 69º10’W)
Report (issue)
262(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Középső-György mine, Hungary. 4.78 (100), 3.484 (75), 6.02 (35), 4.29...44.51 Total 99.25 100.00 (1) Középső-György mine, Hungary; after subtraction of ferrohexahydrite...Series: Mineral Group: Forms a series with pickeringite. Halotrichite group. Occurrence: As efflorescences...Naples, Campania, Italy. From the Középső-György mine, Recsk, Mátra Mountains, Hungary. At Falun, Sweden...Lassen, Shasta Co., California; from the Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael district, Emery Co., Utah
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Koashva open pit of the Vostochnyi apatite mine, Khibiny, with aegirine, microcline, lamprophyllite...sulfide from the El Guanaco gold deposit, Antofagasta Province, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie– Abhandlungen...related to covellite, was discovered at in the Chilena mine at the El Guanaco Au deposit (25°06′22″S 69°32′10″W)...Atacama desert ~100 km ENE of Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Chile. The El Guanaco is an epithermal deposit...Archaean Karonie gold deposit, Eastern Goldfields province, Western Australia. The gold deposits are predominantly
Book (volume)
unstable and AgCl exsolves on standing.^^ Tarapacd, Chile, associated with Sylvite 7 Ref. 1. 015 Goldschmidt...various sulfates in the nitrate deposits of Tarapaca, Chile, and similarly in Peru. In the United States sylvite...large amounts at many places in Chile, as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca...Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...Finistere, France. Found abundantly at Chanarcillo, Chile (megabromite, iodembolite, pt.) associated with
Report (issue)
71 Total 100.45 100.00 (1) Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, Argentina. (2) NaMg2 Fe5 (SO4 )7 (OH)6 • 33H2...slates. Association: gypsum. Halotrichite, pickeringite, fibroferrite, copiapite, melanterite, epsomite...the Servette mine, Saint Marcel, Val d’Aosta, Piedmont, Italy. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de...de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. At Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA. Name:
Report (issue)
coatings on walls of mine passages. Association: Epsomite, melanterite, pickeringite, chalcanthite, gypsum...localities include: in Germany, from the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, and at Freiberg and...Lyon, Rhône, France. At the Almagrera mine, Tharsis, Huelva Province, Spain. In Italy, at Capanne Vecchie... Pennsylvania. From Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. Name: For the locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
composition, crystal structure introDuction de la Alcaparrosa, Argentina (Gordon 1941); Galena Hill near Porcupine...rocks. It may be associated with halotrichite, pickeringite, fibroferrite, botryogen, copiapite, jarosite...schists excavated in the abandoned mine still produce an acid mine drainage (AMD) collected in the small...magnesio- and alumino-copiapite, fibroferrite, pickeringite, slavikite, gypsum, epsomite, melanterite, and...is invariably accompanied by a few percent of pickeringite, gypsum, or fibroferrite. Slavikite also occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O)2, a new hydrophobic Ti4+ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(4), 851–861....mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile. Alcaparrosaite...natrojarosite, parabutlerite, paracoquimbite, pickeringite, quenstedtite, rhomboclase, römerite, sideronatrite...Alcaparrosaite is named for the locality, the Alcaparrosa mine. Three cotype specimens are deposited in the...The first Cr-dominant amphibole from the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Report (chapter)
closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...have been found in arid regions, as at Copaquire, Chile; chalcanthite was also a minor ore in the oxidized...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble...is a massive sulfide that hosts extremely acidic mine waters, some with negative pH values (Nordstrom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kieserite, linarite, minamiite, natrojarosite, pickeringite, plumbojarosite, polyhalite, potassium alum...Piute Co., UT Anglesite§ PbSO4 S53, xl, cg Excepcion Mine, Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico S9 Near Carson...Co., AZ Antlerite Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 S72 Chuqicamata, Chile S30, xl, cg Kuh-e-Namak, Region de Qom, Iran Aphthitalite...Potosi, MO Barite BaSO4 S2, m, cg Northumberland Mine, Toquima Mtns., Nye Co., NV S7 Near St. George,...Claims, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, NM Brochantite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 S34 Douglas Hill Copper Mine, Lyon Co., NV
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite, 5 111111...Veta Negra, Chile Page 2: Anorpiment on D!piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page...CCM CM DANR EJM JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and to achieve a better understanding of the acid mine drainage (AMD) systems associated with pyrite oxidation...identified. The sulfate assemblages from the Fornovolasco mine were the first to be systematically studied using...iron phosphate-sulfate from the Buca della Vena mine and named it bohuslavite, Fe3+ 4 (PO4 )3 (SO4 )(OH)(H2...a sulfate assemblage found at the Monte Arsiccio mine, where well-crystallized sulfate specimens were...della=Radice mine; For = Fornovolasco MA = Montemine; Arsiccio Pol = Arsiccio Pollone mine. mine; CdR Canale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Robinson (1970) on a sample from Tierra Amarilla, Chile; it shows aluminum almost completely replacing iron...Majzlan et al. (2006) on a sample from the Richmond mine, Redding, California. It displays a similar type...voltaite, pertlikite, krausite, yavapaiite, pickeringite, tamarugite and metavoltine. Preliminary investigation...environments, i.e., at La Alcaparrosa, Chile (sample Chile) and at the Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael...respectively, 1:3 for Vulc1 and Utah, 1:4.26 for Chile and 1:1 for Vulc2. Selected crystallographic information
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names are...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION
Journal (issue)
...103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields...in Redfield, Iowa, to begin the long journey to Chile. The diary o f his three-month expedition in search...that might be compared to the pampa of northern Chile was the Cerros de Sal of Atacama. The ground must
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal from...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...Bandylite 27 CuB(OH)4F Locality: Palestina, Atacama, Chile. Description: Blue crystals from the association...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
This process is characterized by the term ‘acid mine drainage’. Oxidation is a complex process that proceeds...river is named, and is a classic example of acid mine drainage. The river water often precipitates soluble...IPB, flows over 95 km south from its source in the Sierra Aracena, to the Huelva Estuary, before emptying...Rı́o FIG. 2. (a) Blue-green salt minerals from mine drainage (pH 0.37) on the banks of the Rı́o Tinto...Fe-sulphate minerals forming from evaporating acid mine drainage has been described by Jambor et al. (2000)
 
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